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An Act To Improve Child Support Collection Procedures by Changing the Process of Modifying a Support Order
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §2201, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:
 
11. Motion to modify order of support; stay. This section does not prohibit a support obligor from filing a motion to modify support with the court or from requesting the department to amend a support obligation established by an administrative decision. The department shall stay action to certify the obligor to a board for noncompliance with an order of support if the obligor files a motion to modify support with the court and notifies the department of the motion or requests the department to amend a support obligation established by the department.
Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §2202, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:
 
11. Motion to modify court order of support; stay. This section does not prohibit a support obligor from filing a motion to modify support with the court or from requesting the department to amend a support obligation established by an administrative decision. The department shall stay action to certify the obligor to the Secretary of State for noncompliance with an order of support if the obligor files a motion to modify support with the court and notifies the department of the motion or requests the department to amend a support obligation established by the department.
 
SUMMARY
This bill strikes language that prohibits enforcement activities concerning past due child support payments once a noncustodial parent has filed a motion to amend ongoing payments.